Upon graduation from high school, I moved to Connecticut for college and lived on the East Coast for the next 10 years while I attended college, started my career, and graduated from law school. However, when I became interested in practicing immigration law, I made the deliberate decision to move back home to Worthington so that I could use my skills to assist an underserved community that I know and love. I am passionate about opening a law firm (Kivu Immigration Law) specifically in Worthington to help meet the demand for immigration legal assistance in my hometown.

My goal is to increase access to affordable and high-quality legal representation to immigrants and refugees from all financial backgrounds residing in Southwest Minnesota with my immigration law firm in Worthington, Kivu Immigration Law. 

Even though one-third of Worthington’s residents are foreign-born immigrants (the highest percentage anywhere in the state), there are no private law firms in Southwest Minnesota that practice immigration law. My law firm, Kivu Immigration Law, addresses the current shortage of immigration services in Southwest Minnesota so that rural residents do not need to travel several hours to Minneapolis or Omaha for legal assistance.

The desire to address and close a local resource gap inspired me to start Kivu Immigration Law to serve immigrants from all financial backgrounds by offering below-market, fixed-rate legal services on immigration-related matters.